Recently had an in house tournament and had a BJJ match.
I'm the one in white-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hL9t4IJVMc
My strategy was to play stand up with him for the first 3 minutes, and then if nothing happened pull guard. My opponent (and friend) is a strength and conditioning coach, and I knew was extremely strong (and aggressive). After 3 minutes, neither one of us had taken the other down (This is about where the vid starts) But, I abandoned my plan to pull guard because his grips were too good and I felt as though I would be passed as soon as I pulled. So, it was more standup with both of us jockeying for position.
After a bit, he finally pulled guard, and I began to pass. I feel very strong in my halfguard pass, and was sure I would pass him. Looking at the video I can see my technical faults, but he also made a perfectly timed bridge and put me into guard. I wanted to work guard there, but I felt he was to strong for me to contain again, and would certainly pas to half guard. Since the match was so close, I didn't want to give him that chance so we did more stand up. Somewhere along the lines I threw an awful shot out of desperation, hoping to gain favor for aggressiveness as I had been playing largely a counter game.
At the end of 6 minutes, OT was called. I was surprised by this, because I thought I had lost 2-0 from him sweeping me while I attempted to pass his half guard. I think I may have gotten take down points somewhere along the lines when he pulled guard and I held onto his pants.
In the end, he stretched me out and triangled me. He had been setting this up as OT was called. Although I could have had better posture, his strength was tremendous in breaking me down. He also was very, very fast with the triangle and caught me offguard with it. Of course in the video I can see him taking his time to set it up, but when it was actually happening I thought I was safe despite my poor posture.
Anyway, what I take away for my own progress is that I need to try more things and work on my posture. Thanks for watching.
Also, my thighs were complete jelly after this match. Standing up with him took such a toll on me. My arms hurt a day later, but my legs were in pain from the start. I was actually proud of this because it meant I was using my leg strength. I wanted to call up David Bond Chan, my old Hsing I teacher and say "Yeah, I lost, but I used my legs the way you told me!".